I know you are not supposed to post photos of cats on your blog. I am bending the rule here just to bring to you the vista of three hungry cats just moments before lunch. Okay, other people from the Daily Photo Family have clever contests all the time, so, I am having a contest … Read more
Let it be known that I am not breaking the rules with yet another photo with cats. Even though our little Tito is in the picture (now you have seen all three of our cats: Lolita, Camilo and Tito), really what I want to show you is the pumice-stone blocks which are used to build houses in Guatemala. Also, I want to show you the broken glass, chaye in Guatemalan Spanish, which is put on top walls as protection against burglaries.
Oh life, you blink and it’s gone. A while back I read in the New York Times Sunday edition of the Prensa Libre about the passing away of a man 87 years old that for 55 years had no short-term memory. It turns out that he underwent brain surgery when he was 27 and even … Read more
There’s an unspoken rule against publishing photos of your cats on your blog. I am breaking the rules on the request of my lovely sister. Here two my cats: Camilo the large black and cat and Lolita, the little white pussycat in the background. Oh, how I wish I could live worry-free as these two. … Read more
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Mishito for kitty or mishito mishito for kitty kitty. Cats love high vantage points, especially if they are bathed with sun rays and have access to a little shadow. I don’t share to many cat photos since the web is full of them, but if you like … Read more
We’re men of maize! No wonder in Guatemala we eat corn on the cob in so many ways. The two most popular are elotes asados or charbroiled corn on the cob and elotes cocidos or build corn on the cob. On top of that, we can eat them either way with only lime juice, salt … Read more
This is the desk of my accountant. This desk is guarded by Señor Gato. Don’t get near it or you will suffer the consequences. The accounting cat also makes sure my accountant stops working at 5pm whether she likes or not as Don Gato will lay down on her desk and work. I wish my … Read more
I wonder why there are far fewer street cats than there are chuchos in Guatemala. By the way, in case you missed the first time. Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word of the day: Mishito or kitty or gatito in plain Spanish.
I am not too sure this Guatemalan woman will be singing this popular song to bring on the rain, don’t you agree? Que llueva, que llueva Canción infantil Que llueva, que llueva La Virgen de la Cueva Los pajaritos cantan, Las nubes se levantan. ¡Que sí, que no, que caiga un chaparrón! Que siga lloviendo, … Read more
There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats. —Albert Schweitzer You know that I am always trying to bring you first and foremost all the different art manifestations that emerge from Guatemala as soon as I detect them. Music, of course, is quite possibly my favorite if not … Read more
Of all God’s creatures, there is only one that cannot be made slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve the man, but it would deteriorate the cat. —Mark Twain Once again Antigua Daily Photo is participating on the theme day organized by … Read more
There’s a free anti-rabies vaccination campaign every year during September around La Antigua Guatemala. Cats and dogs are vaccinated for rabies and other viruses throughout the month of September in unity with World Rabies Day. Rabies vaccines are supplied free from local Centro de Salud (health centers). Below, you can see Negra, our colonia dog … Read more
Here’s the song thanks to our loyal reader Luis from SF. [audio:https://antiguadailyphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/QueLlueva.mp3|titles=Que llueva, que llueva] Que llueva, que llueva Canción infantil Que llueva, que llueva La Virgen de la Cueva Los pajaritos cantan, Las nubes se levantan. ¡Que sí, que no, que caiga un chaparrón! Que siga lloviendo, Los pájaros corriendo Florezca la pradera Al … Read more
It doesn’t matter if the processions in the villages and communities around La Antigua Guatemala are more authentic, more kitsch and with less finances behind them; at least once in your lifetime you must come to Antigua Guatemala to see the massive and numerous processions during the Holy Week or Semana Santa as it’s known … Read more
Papas fritas is the Guatemalan Spanish name for French fries. Here is the abbreviated history that gave us the Guatemalan french fries stall: first the Quechuas or Incas domesticated the potato (Solanum tuberosum) into a crop in southern Peru and northern Bolivia; the Spanish conquistadors took it to Europe where it was an instant hit and along with maize turned a famine-prone population into a healthy society; somewhere in one of the northern European states, quite possibly Germany, the potato lost its skin and got deep-fried; This Eurpean recipe crossed the Atlantic with the new immigrants that came to U.S. and since it was a foreign-looking recipe, they called it French fries (remember Coneheads); so the French fries came to Guatemala along one of the many incursions from the United Stateians (Americans they seem to call themselves 😉 ) as a side dish for the hamburger or the hot dog. Guatemalans thought that French fries were too good to be side dish and turned it into a meal by itself. That is how the papas fritas cart came to be.